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Patented lieb. s. |398.

W. L. CASADAY.

FLUE CLEANING APPARATUS.

(Appucmon med Feb. 1e, 189s.)

(No Model.)

, ZUNITED -STPFESy PATENT WILLIAM-7L. cAsADAY, y0F SOUTH BEND, INDIANA,

. f'f/ l i-LUE-oLeANl'NG APPARAT'u-s.

' 1'0 au .whom it may concern:

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 615,428, dated December 6, .1898, Application filed February 16, Serial No. l870,566. k(No model.)

Be it known that I, WILLIAM and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flue-Clean-` ing Apparatus; and I do hereby declare theI following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art towhieh it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in [lue-cleaning apparatus, the objects being t provide means for the support of a flueycleaner which will admit of universal move-y ment and which can be manipulated with y perfect ease 'by a single operative, if need be and with these objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims. i

In the accom )an ine' drawings Fio'urel is D h 2 b a vicw in sido elevation of my improved' apparatus. Figs. 2 and?, are details.'

A represents a' stand or framework upon which the various parts of the apparatus are supported. In the upper end-ot this stand vor framework a box l is pivotally supported by means of trunnions 2 2. Connected with this box or one of the trunniens is the toothed segment 3, and a pinion 4, adjacent to this segment, is provided as a convenientmeans A crank for tiltingr the box when'required. 5 is employed for turning the pinion, and a handle-nut G, screwed on one of the trun nions 2, is turned to lock the box at the proper inclination relative to the tube to be operated upon. A'beam 7 has sliding con-I Y nection with the box 1, which aords it piv` L. CAsDAy, of South Bend, in the county'of St. Joseph.

accommodate its position to tue horizontal,i vertical, orinclined positiou'of the ,flues or tubes a species o 1iniversal-j0int has been found moetdesirable as a means of conn'e-ut `ing the. flue-cleaner to the beam. One means of accomplishing this end is thatlshownin the drawings, in which the outer end of the beam is equipped with a ball 12. Embracing* this is a socket 13. This socket is' open atits inner side, and bolts 14 14 extend through ity for tightening it on the ball to give'the re# 1 quired tension, which of course can be regu# lated at any time by turning the nuts 1,5{15

on the ends of the bolts. A jourualfboxl is secured to the socket-piece `13, andinlthis box 16 the babbitt 17 is journaled.- `The angular shank 1S of the fine-cleaner has sliding connection with this babbitt, whereby' to run the fine-cleaner in and out of the iues, and to etfect this sliding motion of the tluecleaner it is provided at its outer end with a handle `kinds of' motive power might be adopted.

For. instance, an electric motor 2l-may be mounted on the beam 7 on the opposite side of its, support from the cleaner, in which con- 1 20, with which the angular shank has a swivstruction it would also serve as a counterbalc ance for 'the weight of the latter. From this motorabelt22extends to the pulley orsheave 23 on the vline-cleaner for imparting rotary motion thereto. Another means is also shown for imparting motion to the fine-cleaner, and.

it consists in thecounter orduive shaft 25a-nd l nipulating the cranks 5 and 10 the il lie-cleaner may be shifted with ease'to ay of the several positions necessaryfor its entrance into the ues 30 3Q of thel boiler, while operating 'on any one fluo/the beam is locked by the handle-nut 6, so that thereris no danger of .accidentalmovement of the parts from their IOO working position. When the operation of `cleaning the fines is completed, the flue- @leaner may he pushed aside out ofthe way.

Minor variations might be made without materially departing from the spiritand scope 0f myinventi'on, and henee I; do not. wish to lmifmyself t0 the emot construction herein set forth; but,

Having f 11115" described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a support and a sleeve pivotally mounted between its ends on said support,of abeam mounted to slide in said sleeve, a journalbort adjustably connected with said beam and a ilue--eleaner mounted to slide through said journabbox', substantially asset fort 2. The combination with a support and a sleeve pivot-ally mounted between its ends on said support, of a beam mounted to slide through said. sleeve, means for turning the sleeve on its fulerum, means for sliding the beam longitudinally,a journal-box adjust ably attached tothe beam, a flue-cleaner mounted to slide through said journal-box, a motor and gearing betweenthe motor and fine-cleaner for rotating the latter, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with a support and a beam havingfa pivotal 'and a sliding connection with said support, of a journal-box adjustably connected with said beam, a flue- 'eleaner mounted vto slide through said journal-box, a motor, and I:gearing between said 35 motor and fiue-eleaner or rotating the latter, Substantially as set forth.

4. 'lhe combination with a support and a beam having a pivotal and a sliding connection therewith, of a ball on the end of said 4o beam, a clamp embracing said ball, a journal-box carried by said clamp, a flue-eleaner mounted to slide through said journal-box and means for rotating said tine-cleaner, substantially as set forth. 45

5. In a flue-cleaning apparatus, the combinationiwith a framework, of a beam having a pivotal and a sliding support on said framework, a journal-box adjustably supported by said beam, a flue-cleaner mounted to slide 5o through said journal-box, a pulley connected with said Hue-cleaner, a driving-wheel mounted in the framework, a belt passing over said driving-wheel and pulley and of greater length than is necessary to pass from one to the other 5 5 and a weighted pulley about which said belt passes, whereby the beam and .flue-cleaner can be moved from one position to anotlieri Without being disconnected from 0r interfere 1 with the driving means, substantially as set 6o forth. y

In testimony whereof I have signed this l l specification in the presence of two subseribing witnesses.

' VI'LTJAM L. CASADAY.

Witnesses: 1

'\;ERNON E. Honoris, A. W, lnmn'r. 

